Smash attack

A amash attack is done by "smashing" (tilting rapidly) the control stick and pressing the A button at the same time. A smash attack is usually the most powerful move in a character's arsenal, with the forward smash usually being the most powerful (in terms of KOing power). In SSBM, it can be charged by holding the A button down, then releasing when you want the attack to unleash. A smash attack can be charged for exactly 120 frames, or 2 seconds.

In SSBM's multiplayer modes, smashes can also be performed by pressing the C-stick in any direction. Holding the Z button while pressing the C-stick results in charging the smash. Some forward smashes can be angled in the same way forward tilts can.

Smash attacks include forward smash, down smash and up smash.

In Brawl, one can play the game with 4 different controller setups. While the Wiimote+Nunchaku, Gamecube Controller and Classic Controller all have control sticks to perform Smash attacks the standard way, when using the Wii Controller on it's side, one must press the direction they are attacking and press both the 1 and 2 buttons at the same time.